Partnership for DSCSA Governance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843708089
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2027741410
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $372,864
- Expenses
- $536,399
- Assets
- $372,389
- Liabilities
- $161,797
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eric Marshall (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Max Peoples (Board Member)
- Michael Mazur (Treasurer, PDG)
- Elizabeth Gallenagh (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to promote the common business and professional interests of the members to advance the effective and efficient implementation of the Drug Chain Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) requirements for electronic interoperable verification and tracing of certain prescription drugs and to help safeguard the supply of pharmaceutical drugs in the US through the effective and efficient implementation of the provisions of the DSCSA including the implementation of the traceability provisions of this law.
What it reported doing in 2025
The primary activities of PDG will be execution of the substantive, tactical, and technical work needed to establish and advance a blueprint for interoperability, as required by the DSCSA, The primary objectives are: (1) development and execution of an FDA-approved pilot on DSCSA interoperability governance, and (2) development and publication of a blueprint for interoperability. Specifically, such PDG outputs include: Develop a strategy and work plan that includes: An explanation/definition of what constitutes a "blueprint; A strategy for how the components of a blueprint will be separated and addressed; A Committee meeting schedule; and Key interim milestones that must be achieved to develop and publish a blueprint on time. Develop and publish a blueprint for interoperability. Upon publication of PDG's blueprint for interoperability, PDG will undertake collaborative cross-industry efforts needed to support the implementation of that blueprint to achieve compliance with the DSCSA.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -43.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -23.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $536K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $423K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.